Help find the leaders shaping the next generation of consumer and technology businesses.
What does the CEO of a fast-growing consumer technology company look like? Who should lead product for a business being transformed by AI? Where do you find the executives capable of taking an emerging company through its next stage of growth?
These are the kinds of questions you will help answer at Heidrick & Struggles.
We are looking for a Senior Research Associate to join our Amsterdam team, working closely with a Consultant from our international Consumer and Technology practices as well as colleagues from across the region.
This team advises organizations ranging from high-growth and emerging businesses to some of the world's largest companies, helping them identify exceptional leaders across consumer technology, e-commerce, media, entertainment and software. This includes searches for CEO and Board appointments as well as senior product, technology, engineering, operations and general management leadership.
This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of business, technology, people and strategy—and to build a career advising some of the most interesting companies and senior executives in the market.
What you'll actually do
You won't simply research names.
From day one, you'll become part of the team delivering senior executive searches. You'll learn how businesses think about their most important leadership decisions and help us work out where the best talent is—and what makes someone right for a particular company and moment.
You will:
As your experience grows, so will your exposure—to clients, senior executives, business development and increasingly complex searches.
Why this role?
Executive Search gives you an unusual vantage point into business: You'll learn how companies really make decisions about their most senior leaders. You'll speak with CEOs, founders, board directors and functional executives. You'll develop an understanding of industries and companies that would normally take years to acquire.
And you'll do it within a global firm that has been advising organizations on senior leadership for more than 70 years. This role offers significant responsibility early in your career, but with the mentorship of experienced Search professionals around you.
Who we're looking for
We're less interested in one particular background than in how you think and engage with people. You are intellectually curious, commercially minded and fascinated by business, people and what makes organizations succeed.
You are likely to thrive here if you:
About Heidrick & Struggles
For more than 70 years, Heidrick & Struggles has helped organizations make some of their most consequential leadership decisions.
Today, our work extends beyond Executive Search into leadership assessment and development, organizational and team effectiveness, culture and on-demand talent solutions. Our Amsterdam office is part of a genuinely international network, giving you the opportunity to work with colleagues, clients and executives around the world.
Interested? We'd love to hear from you.
